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CBC Books | | Posted: June 21, 2018 4:21 PM | Last Updated: May 15, 2020

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Caption: Brian Brett is a Canadian poet and memoirist. (brianbrett.ca)

Brian Brett is a poet, fiction and memoir writer, journalist and former chair of the Writers' Union of Canada. His 13 books include The Colour of Bones in a Stream and the bestselling memoir Trauma Farm, which won numerous prizes, including the Writers' Trust of Canada for best Canadian nonfiction book. His most recent book is the award-winning memoir Tuco and the Scattershot World: A Life with Birds.

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Media | An award-winning writer faces terminal illness by pursuing beauty

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Media Audio | Sunday Edition : 'Time is the great editor': Brian Brett chooses his literary executor

Caption: The award-winning memoirist, journalist and poet is facing a difficult health challenge, so he asked a young friend, writer Chris Oke, to be his literary executor. Chris’s documentary is called "The Great Editor."

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Media Audio | Sunday Edition : 'Born strange': Brian Brett on gender, his parrot Tuco, and life as an Other

Caption: Tuco is a multi-talented African grey parrot with a diabolical sense of humour who served as a personal guru for writer Brian Brett for 25 years. Brett recently won a BC Book Prize for his memoir, Tuco: The Parrot, the Others and a Scattershot World.

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